Improvement in tree-boxes



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HARRYhIERRIOK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 108,280, dated October 1l, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN TREE-BOXES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of,j;he sama,

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY Mannion, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tree-Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which 4will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part ot' this specification, in which drawing- Figurel is an elevation of a vertical section of my improvement.

Figure 2 is a top view.

Similar letters indicate correspomling parts. l

'Ihis invention relates to tree-boxes, and consists in a box made in vertical sections, each section being composed of wires arranged vertically, or iu a general np-and-down direction, and passing through semicircular plates Whose ends overlap, when the sections are joined, to form a cylindrical box; The sections are provided with adjustable semicircular braces, which come on opposite sides of the inclosed trce,`and hold the tree and box to each other.

rlhe letter A designates my tree-box, coxnposedwof sections B B, which are made with seinicircular plates C and wires D, that pass up and down through the plates C, which are perforated for that purpose. In this example the wires D pass up through the plates, and are bent over at top, and dared outward, and passed down again, their course being deflected out of a straight line, and two thicknesses of wire being put through the samev perforation. The ends of `the semicircular plates O are so arranged as to overlap each other, and are secured together' hy screws E or other fastenings.

To the top plate C of the sections I attach semicircular or concave adjustable braces F F, arranged opposite to each other, so as to embrace the tree inclosed by the box. In this example the said braces are attached to the plates O by the same screws which Y unite the overlapping en dsof said plates.

In constructing the braces l, I form a concave or semicircular arm, G, on one end of' an adjustable slottedplate,'H, which is united through its slot, hy

a screw and nut, to abar, I, whose outer end is bolted to the plate O` by the same screw which joins their overlapping ends. The hollows ot' the braces F are. to be padded or covered with some suitable soft material that will not abrade or wound the bark of the tree.

By adjusting the slotted plates H ou the bars I, the hollow arms ofthe braces are extended or withdrawn, so as to suit trees of different sizes, and so as to accommodate the growth of the trees. l

The box is held down on the ground by clips in the ordinary manner, the points ot' the clips being driven into the ground with their heads catching on the edges ot' the lower plates O of the box. I have not shown the clips, as their construction and use are well known, and I make no claim to them.

I am aware that plat-es formed in a number of sections and having wooden upright panels, also that scmicircular arms `foi-.steatlyiiig trees, are not new; such Ido not broadlyrclaim.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A tree-box, composed of sections B, built up of `semicircnlar plates C, two or more, and wires I), the

sections being united to each other hy means of the overlapping ends of their plates O, substantially as described.

2. The sernicircular plates F F, formed with. arms (i G and slotted plates H H, adjnstablyconuectedto the slotted bars I I by means ota screw and nut-,fand secured to the plates C C bythe same bolt that unites their overlapping ends, all combined, arranged, and

operating substantially as described.

HAR-RY MERE-IGK.

VVitnesScs:

J. VAN SANTvooRD, W. HAUFF. 

